Many US reporters left Russia after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine last year. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MOSCOW - Russia’s ambassador to the United States said Washington had threatened retaliation after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich wasand suggested it might be time to cut the number of US journalists in Russia.
Mr Gershkovich, the first American journalist detained in Russia on espionage charges since the end of the Cold War, and the Journal have denied he was involved in espionage.and cast the Russian claims of espionage as ridiculous. US President Joe Biden has called for Mr Gershkovich’s release. “The Americans have a very good word - reciprocity which they always insist on,” Mr Antonov told the Bolshaya Igra show.
The United States on Monday determined that Russia had “wrongfully detained” Mr Gershkovich, effectively saying that espionage charges are bogus and that the case is political.
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